This is a collection of tutorials and tips for MySQL DBA and developers. Clear answers and sample scripts provided can be used as learning tutorials or interview preparation guides.

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So far, Our MySQL developers have written 268 questions and answers to share with you.
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A collection of 7 FAQs on MySQL download and installation. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on installing MySQL on Windows; starting and shuting down MySQL server; checking MySQL server status and version.

A collection of 26 FAQs on MySQL SQL basics. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on character and numeric data types; quoting character strings; ASCII and UTF8 character sets; NULL values and NULL conditions; IN and LIKE conditions.

A collection of 15 FAQs on MySQL date and time handling. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on date and time data types; formatting and converting date and times; incrementing dates and times; calculating date differences; understanding TIMESTAMP columns.

A collection of 20 FAQs on MySQL SELECT query statements and basic features. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on selecting rows and columns from tables and views; sorting and counting query outputs; grouping outputs and applying group functions.

A collection of 16 FAQs on MySQL SELECT statements with JOIN and subqueries. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on joining multiple tables with inner and outer joins; using subqueries with IN, EXISTS, and FROM clauses; using UNION operations.